Royal Flints receipt to Joshua Elderkin for sundry refreshments for the Conn.t line, May 14th 1778

Royal Flints receipt to Joshua Elderkin for sundry refreshments for the Conn.t line, May 14th 1778

Memorandum of supplies receiv'd from Joshua Eldkin Esq.

1778

[2] p. ; 31 cm.

MSS L1997 M47

Docket title. Caption title: Memorandum of supplies received from Joshua Eldkin [sic] Esq., Com.y Flint was Assistant Commissary of Purchases, appointed by the governor and council of the state of Connecticut; Joshua Elderkin had procured cloth and clothing for the troops from the colonial period and continued after 1776 -- see Public records of the State [and Colony] of Connecticut, 1775-1778. Records supplies received 18 June 1777 through 1 Dec. 1777: rum, sugar, pepper, coffee, ginger, soap, wrapping paper, etc. totalling 1399 pounds, 2 shillings, and 6 pence. With integral address leaf. Also included is a 1-page summary of sundries allotted to Flint by Ederkin in 1777 and 1778: rum, brown sugar, pepper, coffee, ginger, soap and paper. (17 cm.) Watermark: Bell between the initials "C" and "D"

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